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VanillaGorilla · 04-12-2013, 12:36 AM

The Selection Committee goes to the leaderboards for the first time since the Inaugural Class. Both pitching inductees enter the HOF in this fashion.

The Selection Committee is dividen int to three camps:

The Traditionalists (Trads) emphasize traditional milestones in their evaluations. They also are big on the character and aura of a player.

The Sabermetricians (Saberheads) emphasize newer metrics of evaluating the careers of players.

The Blue Dogs (Blue Dogs) are comprised of members that that lean towards the Trads or the Saberheads, but they see value, to varyong degrees, of each school of thought.

The Trads think the Saberheads know little about real baseball (ie what is presented in a nonnumeric form).

The Saberheads think the Trads are dumb jocks and baseball would be a much better game if everyone else saw things like they do.

The Blue Dogs find the Trads and Saberheads, both, to be ridiculous. It is the Blue Dogs that cast the deciding vote when the two camps are divided on a player's Hall worthiness.

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Tim Latos was a pleasing selection to all camps. He played at the ML level from 1996 to 2914. Latos gives his induction speech at the age of 87.

The 7th selection in the 1995 draft, Latos went to play for the Reds.

On May 8th, 1996, Latos found early fame when he struck out 8 Dodgers, and walked 1 as he tossed a no-hitter as a 20 year-old rookie.

He finished his rookie campaign with a 14-8 record and an OOTP ERA of 3.28 (npa ERA+ 133).

Things only got better, from there. In fact, he retired with a career npa ERA+ of 136. He won 207 games (t-64th, 1 behind Ralph Branca and Eddie Plank) against 162 losses and struck out 3101 men (43rd) in 3554 IP (40th).

This was all good stuff for the Trads, and the Saberheads had advocated for him because he had the highest VORP of any pitcher not in the HOF (10th place, 833.32).

From 2009-2011, Latos was a combined 46-19 with over 600 strikeouts as a Los Angeles Dodger. In 2011 he was 17-6, a career high win total, and led the Dodgers to a WS win over a Texas Ranger squad that featured sluggers Albert Belle and Willie McCovey. The Dodgers won 110 regular season games that year. Latos is the first member of that Dodger team to be enshrined in the HOF. He will, in all likelihood, be the last.

Latos appeared in 2 All Star Games.

Black Ink: 5
Gray Ink: 131
HOFm: 67.8
HOFs: 42

Gorilla Composite: 2.4

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Monte McFarland had the Blue Dogs heads spinning as the Saberheads and Trads seemed to reverse roll over the objections of the Trads who said there were other more worthy candidates since McFarland only had 212 saves, 94th All Time.

The Saberheads, usually not much for closers, argued for his induction.

The Saberheads said that it didn't matter because relievers are relievers and he was great when he wasn't used as a closer and when he was in his 16 ML seasons. That he got 212 saves while being used as a primary closer in only 5 seasons should make the Trads value that totwl more, even though the Saberheads put zero weight to the Save stat, themselves.

The Blue Dogs were split. They felt that it was very meaningful that McFarland had the best H/9 rate, by far, in the history of the game. This garnered some Trad support, but was rejected by the Saberheads who said hits are luck and he walked almost one man an inning.

The Blue Dogs also pointed out that he has the best Opp BA in league history. Same response from the Saberheads and Trads.

That McFarland did have the best OpSLG in league history did sway some Saberheads. The Trads scoffed at the shmancy fangled statistic lovers.

Mc Farland was the closer on 2 WS winning Yankee teams, including recent inductee Don Sutton's 1945 team. Sutton gave much credit to his personal success, as well as the team's success, that year to McFarland. When this was considered, enough Trads and Blue Dogs joined what had become a split Saberhead camp and decided to tab McFarland for HOF induction in what was the first argument amongst the Selection Committee members for this HOF.

Sutton is the only player from the 2045 team to be inducted. In the 2042 season, McFarland played with a 40 year-old Hank Thompson for that Bronx victory celebration.

Career H/9: 6.072 (second place 6.662)
Career OppBA: .1929 (second place .2040)
Career OppSLG: .2770 (second place .2879)
Career K/9: 12.659 (3rd)
Career ERA+ : 127

Monte McFarland is the first official "floor breaker" to enter this HOF.

Black Ink: 6
Gray Ink: 15
HOFm: 72.1
HOFs: 18

Gorilla Composite: 1.2

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Lefty Gomez, Paul Derringer, Manny Ramirez, Luke Appling, and Bill Dickey are among the notables to enter the league in 1991.

04-12-2013, 12:36 AM	#96
VanillaGorilla All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,371 Blog Entries: 2	Class of 2063 (1991), Pitchers: Latos, McFarland The Selection Committee goes to the leaderboards for the first time since the Inaugural Class. Both pitching inductees enter the HOF in this fashion. The Selection Committee is dividen int to three camps: The Traditionalists (Trads) emphasize traditional milestones in their evaluations. They also are big on the character and aura of a player. The Sabermetricians (Saberheads) emphasize newer metrics of evaluating the careers of players. The Blue Dogs (Blue Dogs) are comprised of members that that lean towards the Trads or the Saberheads, but they see value, to varyong degrees, of each school of thought. The Trads think the Saberheads know little about real baseball (ie what is presented in a nonnumeric form). The Saberheads think the Trads are dumb jocks and baseball would be a much better game if everyone else saw things like they do. The Blue Dogs find the Trads and Saberheads, both, to be ridiculous. It is the Blue Dogs that cast the deciding vote when the two camps are divided on a player's Hall worthiness. ----------------------------------------------------- Tim Latos was a pleasing selection to all camps. He played at the ML level from 1996 to 2914. Latos gives his induction speech at the age of 87. The 7th selection in the 1995 draft, Latos went to play for the Reds. On May 8th, 1996, Latos found early fame when he struck out 8 Dodgers, and walked 1 as he tossed a no-hitter as a 20 year-old rookie. He finished his rookie campaign with a 14-8 record and an OOTP ERA of 3.28 (npa ERA+ 133). Things only got better, from there. In fact, he retired with a career npa ERA+ of 136. He won 207 games (t-64th, 1 behind Ralph Branca and Eddie Plank) against 162 losses and struck out 3101 men (43rd) in 3554 IP (40th). This was all good stuff for the Trads, and the Saberheads had advocated for him because he had the highest VORP of any pitcher not in the HOF (10th place, 833.32). From 2009-2011, Latos was a combined 46-19 with over 600 strikeouts as a Los Angeles Dodger. In 2011 he was 17-6, a career high win total, and led the Dodgers to a WS win over a Texas Ranger squad that featured sluggers Albert Belle and Willie McCovey. The Dodgers won 110 regular season games that year. Latos is the first member of that Dodger team to be enshrined in the HOF. He will, in all likelihood, be the last. Latos appeared in 2 All Star Games. Black Ink: 5 Gray Ink: 131 HOFm: 67.8 HOFs: 42 Gorilla Composite: 2.4 ----------------------------------------- Monte McFarland had the Blue Dogs heads spinning as the Saberheads and Trads seemed to reverse roll over the objections of the Trads who said there were other more worthy candidates since McFarland only had 212 saves, 94th All Time. The Saberheads, usually not much for closers, argued for his induction. The Saberheads said that it didn't matter because relievers are relievers and he was great when he wasn't used as a closer and when he was in his 16 ML seasons. That he got 212 saves while being used as a primary closer in only 5 seasons should make the Trads value that totwl more, even though the Saberheads put zero weight to the Save stat, themselves. The Blue Dogs were split. They felt that it was very meaningful that McFarland had the best H/9 rate, by far, in the history of the game. This garnered some Trad support, but was rejected by the Saberheads who said hits are luck and he walked almost one man an inning. The Blue Dogs also pointed out that he has the best Opp BA in league history. Same response from the Saberheads and Trads. That McFarland did have the best OpSLG in league history did sway some Saberheads. The Trads scoffed at the shmancy fangled statistic lovers. Mc Farland was the closer on 2 WS winning Yankee teams, including recent inductee Don Sutton's 1945 team. Sutton gave much credit to his personal success, as well as the team's success, that year to McFarland. When this was considered, enough Trads and Blue Dogs joined what had become a split Saberhead camp and decided to tab McFarland for HOF induction in what was the first argument amongst the Selection Committee members for this HOF. Sutton is the only player from the 2045 team to be inducted. In the 2042 season, McFarland played with a 40 year-old Hank Thompson for that Bronx victory celebration. Career H/9: 6.072 (second place 6.662) Career OppBA: .1929 (second place .2040) Career OppSLG: .2770 (second place .2879) Career K/9: 12.659 (3rd) Career ERA+ : 127 Monte McFarland is the first official "floor breaker" to enter this HOF. Black Ink: 6 Gray Ink: 15 HOFm: 72.1 HOFs: 18 Gorilla Composite: 1.2 ------------------------------------ Lefty Gomez, Paul Derringer, Manny Ramirez, Luke Appling, and Bill Dickey are among the notables to enter the league in 1991.